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Americas 1 day ago

'Washington Post' guts staff, shrinks news coverage

The cuts will impact a third of all employees, according to the newspaper's spokesperson. The ne...

Companies 1 day ago

Google goes from laggard to leader as it pulls ahead of OpenAI with stellar AI growth

Alphabet is taking on OpenAI with a gusto that underscores Wall Street's perception that the Goo...

Academia 1 day ago

Dollar risk premium is rebuilding

The year is already so jarring that many in markets barely have time to digest one seismic news even...

Academia 1 day ago

What the EU–India deal means for global trade

The deal will affect a combined population of 2 billion people across economies representing about a...

Art & Culture 1 day ago

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Art Jakarta Papers reframes a familiar medium

Bringing focus to artworks made on and of paper, the exhibition reveals how artists continue to push...

Archipelago 1 day ago

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Authorities prevent attempted smuggling of wildlife to Thailand

The suspect attempted to smuggle 53 cages of protected wildlife, mostly birds.

Academia 1 day ago

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Indonesia Open Network: A new paradigm for an inclusive digital economy

ION, Indonesia's digital public infrastructure initiative, is set to not just revolutionize dome...

Markets 1 day ago

Stocks in retreat as traders reconsider tech investment

Asian stocks fell Thursday to track more losses on Wall Street, where tech firms were again under pr...

Academia 1 day ago

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Financialization will not improve global health

This new architecture distorts the risk landscape in ways that socialize losses, while privatizing p...

Academia 1 day ago

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Global panic at our doorstep: Can Indonesia weather the next storm?

Indonesia must brace for a global liquidity storm of historic proportions. With the traditional &quo...

Academia 1 day ago

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The technocratic sunset: Institutional decay and the Rp 17,000 ‘vibe check’

As the rupiah stumbles past the 17,000-mark, Indonesia is facing a "vibe check" that no am...

Archipelago 1 day ago

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Nitric acid leak in Cilegon hospitalizes dozens, raises safety concerns

A toxic fume leak from a chemical storage facility in the industrial district of Cilegon, Banten, ha...

Academia 1 day ago

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Analysis: Flood-linked license revocations rattle investors

The government’s decision to revoke 28 natural resource licenses in the wake of the deadly Dec...

Politics 1 day ago

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Debate over legislative threshold reignites ahead of election law revision

The renewed plan by the House of Representatives to revise the General Election Law has reignited de...

Politics 1 day ago

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Indonesia’s F-15 fighter jet deal falls through after years of talks

Boeing's proposed price for the fighter jets was deemed too high by the government and coul...

Editorial 1 day ago

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Elusive police reform

Today the National Police are increasingly reminiscent of the military during the New Order era.&nbs...

Economy 1 day ago

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Weather woes, demand strain may keep inflation above target

Statistics Indonesia (BPS) reported that annual inflation reached 3.55 percent year-on-year (yoy) in...

Market Pulse 1 day ago

Is Hyrox just Jakarta’s next fitness obsession?

Packed classes and waiting lists suggest another fitness boom as Hyrox arrives in the capital, but i...

Jakarta 1 day ago

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Jakarta pledges to push filmmaking hub vision

The provincial administration eyes to woo more global-level movie production in the city after the r...

Middle East and Africa 2 days ago

Netanyahu tells US envoy Palestinian Authority won't be part of post-war Gaza governance

Under US President Donald Trump's Gaza ceasefire plan that ended a two-year war in the Palestini...

Companies 2 days ago

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Merdeka Copper eyes doubling gold output, nickel expansion this year

The move aligns with the continued rise in gold prices, which on Tuesday posted their largest daily ...

Americas 2 days ago

Human Rights Watch warns US heading to 'authoritarianism'

Trump's return to the White House has intensified a "downward spiral" on human rights ...

Middle East and Africa 2 days ago

Son of Libya's late ruler Gaddafi killed by armed gang

Saif al-Islam's office said in a statement on Tuesday that he had been killed during a "dir...

Americas 2 days ago

Clintons to testify on Epstein in late February

Bill Clinton will appear on February 27, and Hillary Clinton will do so the day before, the chairman...

Sports 2 days ago

Australia, Japan interested in hosting 2035 Asian Cup, says AFC

The AFC is expected to confirm hosts for both the quadrennial continental showpieces at a single ann...

Academia 2 days ago

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National economic resilience faces a test of public transparency

Within MSCI’s methodology, a shift from emerging to frontier status is not merely symbolic; it...

Economy 2 days ago

WTO must 'reform or die': talks facilitator

Successfully reforming the WTO is a matter of life and death for the organization, warns the facilit...

Regulations 2 days ago

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Pushing rupiah to 15,000 per dollar ‘not that difficult’, says Purbaya

Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa says pushing the rupiah exchange rate back up to 15,000 per Un...

Academia 2 days ago

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Board of Peace and the dilemma of Indonesia’s involvement

If ending occupation is not established as a non-negotiable prerequisite, then the destiny of Gaza a...

Society 2 days ago

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Nearly 2,000 students suffer food poisoning from free meals this year

National Nutrition Agency (BGN) head Dadan Hindayana has apologized for recent food poison...

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